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T H E N E W S J O U R N A L O F K O I N O N I A H O U S E

Judging a Book by its Cover?

Ron Matsen

The Mystery Woman Dr. Chuck Missler

The World's Finest WomanDr. William Welty

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BEREAN6 The Worlds Finest Woman: Dr. William Welty

The community of Christian faith worldwide knows her as the finest woman who ever lived. Born in obscurity to a distant descendant of Israels magnificent King David, Christians believe that Mary, the mother of Jesus of Nazareth, was honored by the Creator of the Universe to be the person through whom God himself would visit his own Creation, reconciling his people to himself.

ISSACHAR13 The Mystery Woman: Dr. Chuck Missler

The Second Epistle of John is among the most neglected books of the New Testament. It, like his third epistle, is simply a short personal letter from the Apostle. There is little doubt that the Apostle John was the author, but there are a number of conjectures as to whom it was written: someone called the Elect Lady.

21 Beyond Perception: Dr. Chuck MisslerIn our culture, faith is frowned on as mere imagination the hopes and wishes of the common man. Evidence is what matters, we are told and not just any form of evidence. Were told we can only know things after they have been demonstrated time and again through stringent scientific method, and even then future experiments might change up what we thought was true.

KOINONOS31 Judging a Book by its Cover?: Ron Matsen

Sometimes discoveries are made in areas where you least expect them. Such was the case in early April 2016 as we pre-released the cover art for Dr. William Weltys new book Mary, Ten Test Questions for the Worlds Finest Woman.

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Ron Matsen Under Rower, K-House & KI

Dear fellow Bereans, We are excited about the new materials now available through Koinonia House. This month we are very pleased to announce the release of Dr. William Weltys book Mary - Ten Test Questions for the Worlds Finest Woman. Dr. Welty is

on the Board of Directors of Koinonia House and has been an academic resource and friend of our ministry for many years.

You will also notice that we have added to our catalogue a number of resources produced by Bob Cornuke. Bob has been a friend and partner of our ministry for many years. We have teamed up with Bob many times for adventure and discovery in the past and have now formed a new partnership that will allow us to explore more cooperative ministry opportunities. In fact, keep your eye on future editions of Personal Update as we reveal the plans for some exciting new adventures with the Real Indiana Jones.

Please remember to pray for the leadership of Koinonia House and Koinonia Institute.

God bless you,

Ron MatsenUnder Rower, K-House & KI

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The community of Christian faith worldwide knows her as the finest woman who ever lived. Born in obscurity to a distant descendant of Israels magnificent King David, Christians believe that Mary, the mother of Jesus of Nazareth, was honored by the Creator of the Universe to

be the person through whom God himself would visit his own Creation, reconciling his people to himself.

No matter what you may have thought you knew before about this first century paragon of virtue and faith, theres a good possibility that youve been misinformed about her. In fact, chances are youve been wrong from the start about the most remarkable woman who ever

Using the Shroud of Turin as reference, the Mary portrait (above) was painted by Dean Packwood. Watch a YouTube time-lapse video here: https://youtu.be/AdWJi28D07c

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Dr. William Welty Executive Director of the ISV Foundation

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walked the dusty roads of first century Israel during the height of the Roman Empires domination over the Middle East.

Mary isnt who you think she is.More than twenty centuries have come and gone

since a teenaged virgin became the mother of Gods incarnate Son. As a result, far too much myth has grown up around the person and story surrounding the woman who became one of the foundational figures of human history. What the New Testament records themselves tell us about the life of Mary, the mother of Jesus, is fascinating enough in its own right that we can learn a lot from studying what the New Testament says about her without getting embroiled in two thousand years of extraneous ecclesiastical convention.

In this work, we will attempt to pull back the dusty curtain of historically ina